Pad for children&#39;s chairs



3 r I INVENTOR "I a 12804 I M E WOOD PAD FOR, CHILDREN s CHAIRS- FiledApril 28 1924 Y WITNESSES,

AKTORNEYS Patented Ma 19, 1925.-

UNITED STATES MARIE :smzanu'rrt woon, on joensn, UTAH.

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Application filed A -i-n 28, 1924. series No. 709,580.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Marin E. VVoon, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ogden, in the county of Weber, State of Utah, have inventedcertain new and useful 1m provements in Pads for Childrens Chairs, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is a pad for a childs chair, and it consists in thecombination, construction and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An. object of the invention is to provide a pad for a childs chair whichnot only serves as a cushion for the chair but also affords facilitiesfor securing the child-to the chair in a seated position on the latter,thereby preventingthe child from leaving the chair when left alone orfrom falling from the chair.

A furtherobject of the invention is to provide apad of the characterdescribed which is thoroughly sanitary and 1S adapted to be cleaned bywashing without any ap} provide a pad of the character described f whichwhen in use'adds to the comfort of the child and does not cause anyobjectionable binding action on the child or interfere with thedesirable bodily movements of the child.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, inwhich:-

Figure l isa perspective view showing a pad embodying the invention inuse,

Figure 2 is a rear view of a chair equipped with the pad, showing themanner of attach: ing the pad to the chair, and t Figure 3. is aperspective view of the pad detached. i

A pad embodying the invention eom n-ises a cushioning section 1 whichpreferably is substantially rectangular in form and is provided at oneend with a section 2 extend ing therefrom for engaging with the body ofa child in a manner to be hereinafter described. The bodyengagingsection 2 is provided at its free end with a pair of spaced-apartprolongations or strap portions 3. The extending section 2 terminates atits outer or free end in an arcuately curved edge indicated. at 4 inFig, 8' which continues into the inner edges ofthe prolongations ill thelatter gradually increasing in width toward their uncture with theextending section 2 for part of their length. The cusht lonlng section1,'the body-engagingsection.

2 and the prolongations 3' preferably are 5 extending along .themarginal edges of the sheets of fabric, the latter being suitably cut atone end to provide the prolongations 3 and the section 2 having thearcuat'ely curved edge 4 at its outer end. A suitable padding, such ascotton batting, may then be placed between the portions of the sheets of,fabric which are used in forming the cushioning section 1 and securedagainst displacement therefrom .by spaced-apart rows of stitching 6which extend transverse 1y over the section 1. Padding need not beplaced between the portions of the sheets of fabric used to form thesection 2 and the prolongations 3 and this section and the prolongations8 therefore will be relatively flexible and pliable.

The section 2 is provided with apertures 7 which are 111 allgnmenttransversely of the section 2 andare located adjacent to the juncture ofthe section 2 with the cushioning section 1, the opening 7 being adaptedfor a purpose to be hereinafter described.

The cushioning sect-ion 1 is provided ad jacent to its end which isremote from the body-engaging section 2 with pairs of e10ngatedattaching members or straps 8, one of the attaching members of each pairpreferably being located at thelast-named end of the cushioning section1 and adjacent to a side edge of the latter, while the other attachingmember of the pair is connected with the section 1 inwardly from thelastnamed'end thereof and adjacent to the side edge thereof. fabricsurrounding the opening 7' may be secured together by stitchingt).

From the. foregoing description of the various parts of the device, theoperation thereof may be readily understood. The pad is shown in Figures1 and 2 as applied to a childs high chair'10 since it probably will beuse most frequently with a high chair although it may be used with anychair The portions of the sheets of.

a pair of of ordinary construction as will be apparent I fromthefollowing f The pad is arranged I on the chair so that the section 2is disposed at the front of the seat of the chair While the cushioningsection 1 overlies the seat of the chair and extends upwardly againstthe hack of the chair. The cushioning section 1 is then secured at theend thereof which may be considered its upper end to the back of thechair through the agency of the pairs of straps S, the latter being tiedtogether in engagement With a part of the chair back, as for instance,With a transverse bar 11 at the upper end of the chair back. The childis placed on the chair seat and the extending section 2 is folded sothat the legs of the child extend through the openings 7 and the edge Lof the section Zengages the body of the child about the Waist of thelatter. The twelongations which are attaching members are then extendedrearwardly through the apertures in the back of the chair or aboutopposite sides of the back of the chair and the ends thereof are tiedtogether as best seen in Figure 2, whereby the child will be securedagainst falling from the chair and will be prevented from moving fromthe seat of the chair although having unrestricted use of its arms andalso having freedom of bodily movements Within desirablelimits.

The pad can be cleaned when required by chair.

washing in the same manner as an ordinary Washable fabric and,therefore, is thoroughly sanitary. Obviously the invention issusceptible of embodiment. in forms other than that illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and 1, therefore, consider as my own allmodifications and adaptations thereof Which fairly fall Within the scopeof the appended claim.

I claim: A pad for a childs chair comprising a cushioning sectionadapted to overlie the seat of a chair and to extend upwardly incovering relation to the front face of the back of the chair, means atthe upper end of said cushioning section for attachingthe latter to theback of a chair, a section extending from the forward end of the cashioning section for engaging the body of a child seated'upon saidcushioning section, said body-engaging sections terminating at its freeend in an arcuately curved edge adapted to partly encircle the body ofthe child and having at its free end a pair of elongated attachingmembers adapted to ex tend rearwardly at opposite sides of the body ofthe child for attachment to the MARIE ELIZABETH ivoon,

